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Letters Patent No. 65,112, clatecl May 28, 186i'.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEGTIONAL TAKE-UP FOR CORSET-LOOMS.

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TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON OTTENHEIMER, of tle city and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Take-Up Motions for Corset-Iiooms and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a section of the wheels composing the take-up mechanism, transversely of the shafts upon which ythey are sustained; and

Figure 2 is an elevation of the sectional take-up roller, one of the gears being removed.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

In Letters Patent granted to the assignees of J. B. Groullioud, January 27, 1863, a loom for weaving corsets is shown, in which the material is taken up by a sectional roller, in order that the fabric may be drawn along irregularly as the gares are woven, so that the fabric shall present a straight line to the reeds. In the said 4sectional roller the fabric woven passed between two ranges of wheels, forming the take-up, each train of wheels being separatelyioperated by a connection to the jacquard mechanism; but, in consequence of the woven fabric sometimes presenting itself in a fold or crease to the take-up wheels, the same-was injured by undue pressure The nature of my said invention consists in springs applied between a stationary shaft and toothed rings, in combination with toothed wheels of a sectional take-up roller in a loom for weaving corsets and other irregular fabrics. By this construction the sectional take-np roller maintains its efficiency in drawing the cloth only at the parts woven; and, at the Sametime, all risk of injury to the fabric is entirely avoided, because the toothed rings yield to any folds or creases of the cloth, and allewthem to pass.

In the drawing,..aisa portion of one of the gears in a range of gears, each of which is operated-by a connection to thejacquard mechanism, so as to be moved at the proper time to take up the irregular fabric woven. This connection may be such asshown in the aforesaid LettersfPatent, or of any other character that will effect the said movement. c is aushaft, upon which are the take-up wheels d, each free to turn on said shaft c, and receiving motion by gearing into its corresponding wheel a. e isa stationary shaft, formed with a series of grooves t', corresponding in number and position to the wheels d; and in each of these grooves is placed a bow spring, o, held in its place by a pin, x, that is attached near the centre of the bow, and passes freely into a hole in the shaft c, or by any other suitable means, so that the spring is kept in its position on the side of the shaft e towards the wheels d, and allowed to yield freely. Around the shaft c are toothed rings L, that gear into the teeth of the wheels cl, and correspond in number and position with them. The opening in each ring L is of larger diameter than the shaft e, and hence the teeth are kept in contact only by the pressure of the spring, and each ring is free to yield to any fold, crease, or extra thickness in the fabric woven, at the same time, however, maintaining firmly its hold upon the said fabric, so that the jacquard mechanism shall draw it along as wovon, maintaining nearly a straight line for the weaving at the lay.

What I claim, und desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The springs o, applied between the stationary shaft e. and the toothed ring h, in combination with the wheels d of the sectional take-up roller of a loom for weaving corsets and other irregular fabrics, substantially as set forth.

Dated March 6, 1867.

S. OTTENHEIMER.

Witnesses:

GEO. D. WALKER, CHAS. H. SMITH. 

